Principal Investigator
Wan-Ju Li, MS, PhD
li@ortho.wisc.edu / Publications
Primary Address
5051 WIMR
1111 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705
Phone: (608) 263-1338
Fax: (608) 262-2989
Secondary Address
3148 ECB
1550 Engineering Dr.
Madison, WI, 53706
Phone: (608) 890-2313
Fax: (608) 262-2989
Online Profiles
Program Affiliations
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedcial Engineering Center for Translational Research
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Program
- Materials Science Program
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Education
- M.S. 1999, Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
- Ph. D. 2004, Cell and Tissue Engineering, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
- Visiting Research Fellow 2003-2005, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD
- Postdoctoral Fellow 2004-2008, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Research
- Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
- Musculoskeletal Biology
- Mesenchymal Stem Cell Biology
Postdoctoral
Sun-Mi Palumbo, PhD
palumbo@ortho.wisc.edu / Publications
Current Department: Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Joined: Spring 2009
Education:
Ph.D. 2009, Cancer Biology, Univeristy of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
M.S. 2002, Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
B.E. 1997, Environmental Engineering, Chungbok National University, Cheongju, South Korea
Research: Prevention of mesenchymal stem cell senescence in in vitro culture systems
Graduate Students
John Barber
johngbarber@gmail.com
Current Department: Biomedical Engineering
Joined: Fall 2009
Education: B.S. 2005, Nutrition Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
Research: Osteochondral Tissue Engineering
Patrick Brown
patrick.t.brown2@gmail.com
Current Department: Cell and Molcular Biology
Joined: Fall 2009
Education: B.S. 2007, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Research: Investigation of the hydrogel matrices effect on chondrogenic differentiation and cartilage development
Andrew Handorf
ahandorf@wisc.edu / Publications
Current Department: Biomedical Engineering
Joined: Fall 2008
Education: B.S. 2007, Biology and Chemistry, Edgewood College, Madison, WI
Research: Cartilage Tissue Engineering
Tsung-Lin Tsai
tsai@ortho.wisc.edu
Current Department: Biomedical Engineering
Joined: Fall 2008
Education: M.D. 2007, School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Research: Mesenchymal Stem Cell Biology, Cartilage Tissue Engineering
Undergraduate Students
Zach Pflum
pflum@wisc.edu
Department: Biochemistry
Joined: Fall 2008
Project: Investigating the effect of DBM on hMSC osteogenesis
Brock Polnaszek
polnaszek@wisc.edu
Department: Biochemistry
Joined: Summer 2009
Project: Investigating the role of intigens in hMSC osteogenesis
Albert Wang
arwang@wisc.edu
Department: Applied Math, Engineering, and Physics
Joined: Summer 2009
Project: Tissue Engineering